Improvement in wash-stands, curtain-frames, and towel-racks combined



PATENT OFFr'cE ANDREW MOFALL, OF YONKERS, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT lN WASH-STANDS, CURTAIN-FRAMES, AND TOWEL-RACKS COMBINED.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 123,187, dated January30, 1872.

with the accoinpanying drawing, hereinafter,

referred to, forms a full and exact specification of the saine, whereinI have set forth the nature and principles of my said improvement, bywhich my invention may be distinguished from others of a similar class,together with such parts as I claim and desire to secure by LettersPatent.

My invention relates to household furniture 5 and the nature thereofconsists in certain improvements in the fixtures of wash-stands, ashereinafter fully described.

In the accompanying drawing, which illustrates my invention and forms apart ot the specification thereof, in which correspondin g parts areillustra-ted by similar letters, Figure 1 is a perspective view from therea-r of an ordinary wash-stand with my improvements applied thereto.Figs. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 are detached views illustrating modicationsin the details of construction.

The construction, operation, and relative arrangement of the componentparts of my invention are as follows:

In the drawing referred to, A A' are eyescrews secured to the back sideof the stand, through which pass the lower cylindrical ends B B'. Thesaid posts are connected together by the transverse rods G G'. The upperlrod C may be secured to the posts by a screw and nut, as shown in Fig.4, or by bending the ends thereof at an angle and causing them to entera diagonal slot, as shown in Fig. 7. Upon the said rod C is hung thecurtain D, for the purpose of preventing water from being thrown againstthe wall. As the rod may be detached with facility, the curtain may beat any time removed for the purpose of washing., :c. .Between theeye-screws A A', and upon the lower cylindrical ends ofthe posts B B',are arranged the bars E, constituting the towel-rack. The said bars areot' such an angular form as to exactly iit about the back' corners ofthe washstand, and may be revolved with facility about the spindle uponwhich they are arranged.

In Figs. 2 and 3 are illustrated modifications in the details of theconstruction and arrangement of the posts and towel-bars. In Fig. 2 thelower cylindrical end of the post is secured to the stand by means ofscrews, between the heads of which are arranged the bars E. In Fig. thespindle, about which the bars revolve, is above that portion of the postwhich is secured to the table.

Instead of the posts B B and cross-bars C C', iron rods, connected by anelbow-joint, may be. used, as shown in Figs. 5 and (i. In Fig. 5 anupright rod, attached to` the end of the stand, is made use of insteadof the post B.

Having thus described the construction and operation of my invention, Iwill indicate what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent in thefollowing clause, that is to say- The construction and arrangement ofthe posts B B', cross-bars G C', curtain D, bars E, eyescrews A A', andthe wash-stand, when operating together as and for the purposedescribed.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing, I have hereunto set my handthis 22d day ot March, 18-.

ANDREW MCFALL.

Witnesses GILBERT B. TowLEs, H. A. DANIELS.

